ironwood

From iron +‎ wood, because of its toughness.

ironwood (countable and uncountable, plural ironwoods)

1. Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
   1. (Australia) Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
      • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 139:

        Lydia and the boys lived in a shabby, prefabricated house of three rooms, which had been set down in the shade of an ironwood.

   2. Aegiphilia martinicensis
   3. Afzelia africana
   4. Astronium spp.
   5. Backhousia myrtifolia
   6. Carpinus caroliniana
   7. Casuarina cristata
   8. Chionanthus caymanensis
   9. Cliftonia monophylla
   10. Colubrina elliptica
   11. Combretum imberbe
   12. Cordia subcordata
   13. Cyrilla racemiflora
   14. Dialium guianense
   15. Exothea paniculata
   16. Foresteria pubescens
   17. Gordonia haematoxylon
   18. Gymnostoma sumatranum
   19. Heritiera spp.
   20. Jacquinia keyensis
   21. Metrosideros spp.
   22. Myracrodruon urundeuva
   23. Paubrasilia echinata
   24. Prunus africana
   25. Schinopsis spp.
   26. Schleichera oleosa
   27. Senegalia muricata
   28. Sideroxylon spp.
   29. Sloania spp.
   30. Swartzia spp.
   31. Terminalia canescens
   32. Thouina striata
   33. Vachellia farnesiana

• bastard ironwood (Pouteria costata)
• black ironwood (Krugiodendron ferreum)
• Borneo ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri)
• Brazilian ironwood (Caesalpina ferrea)
• broad-leaved ironwood (Nestegis apetala)
• Catalina ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus, syn. Lyonothamnus lyonii)
• Ceylon ironwood (Mesua ferrea; Hopea odorata)
• common ironwood (Australia) (Casuarina equisetifolia)
• Cooktown ironwood (Australia) (Erythrophleum chlorostachys)
• desert ironwood (Olneya tesota)
• giant ironwood (Choricarpia subargentea)
• Jamaica ironwood (Erythroxylon areolatum)
• Lebombo ironwood (Androstachys johnsonii)
• Persian ironwood (Parrotia persica)
• Philippine ironwood (Xanthostemon verdugonianus)
• pock ironwood (South Africa) (Chionanthus foveolatus)
• red ironwood (Reynousia spp.)
• Sonora ironwood (Olneya tesota)
• southern ironwood (Acacia estrophiolata)
• white ironwood (Hypelate trifoliata; Toddalia lanceolata)

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